A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return

The doctors in the hospital all thought he was making a mountain out of a molehill. However, on the account of him being rich and powerful, they endured it silently and summoned a group of experts to diagnose and cure the injury of Xia Ling. Under Pei Ziheng’s request, they had conveniently done a full body checkup on her.

Finally, the doctor told Pei Ziheng, “Congratulations Mr. Pei, Miss Xia is very healthy and has no diseases. Her bones and muscles are well developed and her teeth are all neat. The only regret is the few scars on her body. They were probably formed when she fell down or fought with people, but they can be removed by our plastic surgery center when we are treating the small wounds too.”

Hence, Pei Ziheng asked them to remove all the scars on her body.

She became a flawless little girl with soft and tender skin. There was not a single blemish on her.

After the incident, he got the butler to hire a beauty consultant to take care of her daily physique and appearance professionally. Such a beautiful girl must be kept beautiful forever.

Because of the injury, Pei Ziheng asked for leave from Teacher Gao.

She did not attend class and stayed instead in his luxurious villa to recuperate. Every day, she bathed in rose milk, ate food and used things that had been specially selected and sent over by the butler.

Pei Ziheng was very busy, leaving her alone at home most of the time.

She asked the butler, “What kind of person is Brother Pei?”

The butler smiled at her kindly. “What kind of person do you think he is?”

Xia Ling took a mouthful of ice cream and thought about it. “He is a good person. Nobody has ever been so good to me.”

The butler said, “Then he is a good person.” The outside world’s judgment of Pei Ziheng varied, some thought he carried the style of a monarch while others thought he was cruel, cold-blooded and was a heinous big devil. However, it was not important what other people thought. The most important thing was what people around him thought of him.

The butler was very pleased. Sir had paid sincere attention to this little girl, and this little girl had indeed not let him down. The doorbell rang and the butler went to open the door. Standing at the door was a timid middle-aged man carrying a gift. The man asked the butler with a smile, “Butler Mu, is nephew Ziheng at home?”

The butler said politely, “Sir has gone to the company.”

The middle-aged man asked again, “Is Miss Xia here?”

The butler said, “Sir Pei Zhang, why are you looking for Miss Xia Ling?” Sir had instructed him to protect Miss Xia Ling well and not to let just anyone in.

Pei Zhang’s status in the family was not very high. He was also not able to talk much about friendship with Pei Ziheng. Hence, he was cautious around the butler and did not dare rush him. “It’s like this, my daughter Pei Jingmei has offended Miss Xia Ling in the etiquette class last time. I feel extremely apologetic and have thus brought some gifts over as a form of compensation.”

So that was why.

The butler understood that the man did not mean harm to Xia Ling. He was only afraid of Pei Ziheng’s power and had no choice but to come. He had seen much of this kind of person and was skilled in dealing with him. “Miss Xia Ling is currently taking an afternoon nap and it is not convenient for her to see guests. Please go back—”

“Butler Mu, who’s outside?” Suddenly, a girl’s voice sounded from behind him.

Butler Mu turned around to see Xia Ling. She had woken up from her afternoon nap and was walking towards the door wearing a pair of rabbit slippers and pajamas with small flowers. Her long hair was a little fluffy and she was rubbing her sleepy eyes.

“Miss Xia.” He greeted respectfully.

Xia Ling walked to the door and saw him as well as the middle-aged man. “Who are you?” she asked.

“I’m Pei Jingmei’s father.” The middle-aged man quickly smiled at her. “Jingmei has offended you accidentally in the etiquette class a few days ago. I have already reprimanded her and have come today with a few gifts to ask for your forgiveness. Miss Xia Ling, you are all classmates and have to get along cordially in the future, please forgive her and accept the gift.”

He did not want to be rushed back by the butler. If the one who came to the door the next time was Pei Ziheng, he was sure to make things difficult for him. Many of the Pei family’s uncles were afraid of this nephew, and Pei Zhang was of no exception.

It was better to take the opportunity and act on it quickly. Hence, he had directly asked Xia Ling to accept the gift.

“What gift?” Xia Ling asked.

Pei Zhang saw his opportunity and became even more solicitous. “They are all toys, Swiss candy, Japanese dresses and some hairpins shipped from France. They are all very beautiful.” These were originally things that Jingmei had clamored for, but since she had offended her, she could only bear the pain and give them to Xia Ling.

After all, Pei Zhang was uncertain what Xia Ling liked, so sending her these little girls’ toys was much safer.

Sure enough, beautiful things were well-liked by little girls.

Xia Ling felt her heart itch with desire. Furthermore, what this middle-man had said was right. She was indeed classmates with the girls and would have to see them often, so it was not good to be in a deadlock with them. Hence, she smiled sweetly at Pei Zhang and said, “Thank you, uncle. I will gladly accept it.”

Pei Zhang was overjoyed. He quickly handed over the box of beautifully packaged things to her.

The butler watched from the side with a headache. He had intended to send the man away, but who was to know that Miss Xia would come personally? Forget it. Since she likes them, let her take them. Anyway, Sir has instructed to let her decide on things as long as it does not involve a big problem on principle.

Xia Ling carried the gifts happily back to her room.

She felt as though she had done a good job by accepting the gifts. It represented reconciliation with Pei Jingmei. This would mean that everything would be fine the next time she went to class, right? After all, she couldn’t trouble Brother Pei to clean up after her mess.

She hummed a tune lightly and opened up the gifts.

It was indeed a beautiful, Japanese-style dress with puffy princess sleeves. It was unlike the flowery dress she had bought the last time. The elegant color naturally revealed a sense of dreamy sweetness.

She put it on. Pei Jingmei’s figure was similar to hers and it fitted just right.

She continued humming and ate candies while trying out the hairpins.

She repeated this continuously. The butler continued handing her more gifts.

It turned out that the news of Pei Zhang sending her gifts had spread like wildfire. Several of those who had participated in the fight were afraid of offending Xia Ling and had thus all come forward to send her gifts, hoping for her forgiveness. The butler sighed deeply. Due to the principle of “offending people if he selectively accepted some gifts”, he had no choice but to accept them all.

That day, Xia Ling had a joyful time in her room. She had received many new clothes and beautiful accessories as well as many candies. It made her awfully busy until dusk.

Pei Ziheng stepped into the house. Nanny Zhou offered him tea and the Butler came to take the coat off Pei Ziheng.

Pei Ziheng asked, “Where’s Xiao Ling?” Usually, that little goblin was the first one to welcome him when he reached home. However, he could not see her welcoming him home today.